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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
(Established by Act No. 30 of 2008) Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Telangana (India).
ACADEMIC REGULATIONS OF B.PHARM. (REGULAR/FULL TIME) STUDENTS WITH EFFECT FROM THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2017-18 (R-17)
1.0 Under-Graduate Degree Programme in Pharmacy
1.1 JNTUH offers a 4-year (8 semesters) Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) degree programme, under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) at its affiliated colleges with effect from the academic year 2017-18.
2.0 Eligibility for admission
2.1 Admission to the under graduate programme shall be made either on the basis of the merit rank obtained by the qualified candidate in entrance test conducted by the Telangana State Government (EAMCET) or the University or on the basis of any other order of merit approved by the University, subject to reservations as prescribed by the government from time to time.
2.2 The medium of instructions for the entire under graduate programme in Pharmacy will be English only.
3.0 B.Pharm. Programme structure
3.1 A student after securing admission shall pursue the under graduate programme in B.Pharm.
in a minimum period of four academic years (8 semesters), and a maximum period of eight academic years (16 semesters) starting from the date of commencement of first year first semester, failing which student shall forfeit seat in B.Pharm course.
A student shall register for all subjects for covering 196 credits and each student shall secure 196 credits (with CGPA ≥ 5) required for the completion of the under graduate programme and award of the B.Pharm. degree.
3.2 UGC/ AICTE specified definitions/ descriptions are adopted appropriately for various terms and abbreviations used in these academic regulations/ norms, which are listed below.
3.2.1 Semester scheme
Each under graduate programme is of 4 academic years (8 semesters) with the academic year being divided into two semesters of 22 weeks ( 90 instructional days) each, each semester shall have - ‘Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE)’ and ‘Semester End Examination (SEE)’. Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Credit Based Semester
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System (CBSS) as indicated by UGC and curriculum / course structure as suggested by AICTE are followed.
3.2.2 Credit courses
All subjects/ courses are to be registered by the student in a semester to earn credits which shall be assigned to each subject/ course in an L: T: P: C (lecture periods: tutorial periods:
practical periods: credits) structure based on the following general pattern.
One credit for one hour/ week/ semester for theory/ lecture (L) courses.
One credit for two hours/ week/ semester for laboratory/ practical (P) courses or tutorials (T).
Courses like environmental science, human values and professional ethics, gender sensitization lab and other student activities like NCC/NSO and NSS are identified as mandatory courses. These courses will not carry any credits.
3.2.3 Subject Course Classification
All subjects/ courses offered for the under graduate programme in Pharmacy (B.Pharm.
degree programmes) are broadly classified as follows. The university has followed almost all the guidelines issued by AICTE/UGC.
S. No. Broad Course
Classification Course Group/
Category Course Description
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Foundation Courses
(FnC)
BS – Basic Sciences Includes mathematics, physics and chemistry subjects.
2 PS - Pharmaceutical
Sciences Includes fundamental Pharmacy Subjects.
3 HS – Humanities and
Social sciences
Includes subjects related to humanities, social sciences and management.
4 Core Courses (CoC)
PC – Professional Core
Includes core subjects related to the parent discipline.
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Elective Courses
(EℓC) OE – Open Electives
Includes elective subjects related to inter- disciplinary areas of Pharmacy or other than Pharmacy
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Core Courses
Project Work B.Pharm. project or UG project or UG major project
7 Seminar Seminar/ Colloquium based on core contents
related to parent discipline.
10 Minor courses - 1 or 2 Credit courses (subset of HS) 11 Mandatory
Courses (MC) - Mandatory courses
(non-credit)
3 4.0 Course registration
4.1 A ‘faculty advisor or counselor’ shall be assigned to a group of 15 students, who will advise student about the under graduate programme, its course structure and curriculum, choice/option for subjects/ courses, based on their competence, progress, pre-requisites and interest.
4.2 The academic section of the college invites ‘registration forms’ from students before the beginning of the semester through ‘on-line registration’, ensuring ‘date and time stamping’.
The on-line registration requests for any ‘current semester’ shall be completed before the commencement of semester end examinations of the ‘preceding semester’.
4.3 A student can apply for on-line registration, only after obtaining the ‘written approval’
from faculty advisor/counselor, which should be submitted to the college academic section through the Head of the Department. A copy of it shall be retained with Head of the Department, faculty advisor/ counselor and the student.
4.4 If the student submits ambiguous choices or multiple options or erroneous entries during on-line registration for the subject(s) / course(s) under a given/ specified course group/
category as listed in the course structure, only the first mentioned subject/ course in that category will be taken into consideration.
4.5 Subject/ course options exercised through on-line registration are final and cannot be changed or inter-changed; further, alternate choices also will not be considered. However, if the subject/ course that has already been listed for registration by the Head of the Department in a semester could not be offered due to any unforeseen or unexpected reasons, then the student shall be allowed to have alternate choice either for a new subject (subject to offering of such a subject), or for another existing subject (subject to availability of seats). Such alternate arrangements will be made by the Head of the Department, with due notification and time-framed schedule, within the first week after the commencement of class-work for that semester.
4.6 Open Electives: Students have to choose one open elective (OE-I) in II year II semester, one (OE-II) in III year I semester, and one (OE-III) in III year II semester and one (OE- IV) in IV year II semester from the list of Open Electives.
5.0 Subjects/ courses to be offered
5.1 A typical section (or class) strength for each semester shall be 60.
5.2 A subject/ course may be offered to the students, only if a minimum of 20 students (1/3 of the section strength) opt for it. The maximum strength of a section is limited to 80 (60 + 1/3 of the section strength).
5.3 If more entries for registration of a subject come into picture, then the Head of Department concerned shall decide, whether or not to offer such a subject/ course for two (or multiple) sections.
4 6.0 Attendance requirements:
6.1 Attendance in all classes (Lectures/Laboratories/Project Work) is compulsory. The minimum required attendance in aggregate of all the subjects/ courses including the attendance of mid-term examination / Laboratory etc. is 75%. Two periods of attendance for each theory subject shall be considered, if the student appears for the mid-term examination of that subject. A student shall not be permitted to appear for the Semester End Examinations (SEE), if his attendance is less than 75% (excluding attendance in mandatory courses environmental science, human values and professional ethics, gender sensitization Lab, NCC/NSO, NSS and Industrial Training) for that semester.
6.2 Condoning of shortage of attendance (between 65% and 75%) up to a maximum of 10%
(considering the days of attendance in sports, games, NCC, NSS activities and Medical grounds) in each semester shall be granted by the College Academic Committee on genuine and valid grounds, based on the student’s representation with supporting evidence.
6.3 A stipulated fee shall be payable towards condoning of shortage of attendance.
6.4 Shortage of attendance below 65% in aggregate shall in no case be condoned.
6.5 Students whose shortage of attendance is not condoned in any semester are not eligible to take their end examinations of that semester. They get detained and their registration for that semester shall stand cancelled. They will not be promoted to the next semester. They may seek re-registration for all those subjects registered in that semester in which student was detained, by seeking re-admission into that semester as and when offered; in case if there are any open electives, the same may also be re-registered if offered. However, if those electives are not offered in later semesters, then alternate electives may be chosen from the same set of elective subjects offered under that category.
6.6 A student fulfilling the attendance requirement in the present semester shall not be eligible for readmission into the same class.
7.0 Academic requirements
The following academic requirements have to be satisfied, in addition to the attendance requirements mentioned in item no.6.
7.1 A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/ course, if student secures not less than 35% marks (26 out of 75 marks) in the semester end examination, and a minimum of 40% of marks in the sum total of the CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together; in terms of letter grades, this implies securing ‘C’ grade or above in that subject/ course.
7.2 Promotion Rules
S. No. Promotion Conditions to be fulfilled 1 First year first semester to first
year second semester
Regular course of study of first year first semester.
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second year first semester
(i) Regular course of study of first year second semester.
(ii) Must have secured at least 24 credits out of 48 credits i.e., 50% of credits up to first year second semester from all the relevant regular and supplementary examinations, whether the student takes those examinations or not.
3. Second year first semester to second year second semester
Regular course of study of second year first semester.
4 Second year second semester to third year first semester
(i) Regular course of study of second year second semester.
(ii) Must have secured at least 58 credits out of 96 credits i.e., 60% of credits up to second year second semester from all the relevant regular and supplementary examinations, whether the student takes those examinations or not.
5 Third year first semester to third year second semester
Regular course of study of third year first semester.
6 Third year second semester to fourth year first semester
(i) Regular course of study of third year second semester.
(ii) Must have secured at least 86 credits out of 144 credits i.e., 60% of credits up to third year second semester from all the relevant regular and supplementary examinations, whether the student takes those examinations or not.
7 Fourth year first semester to fourth year second semester
Regular course of study of fourth year first semester.
7.3 A student shall register for all subjects covering 196 credits as specified and listed in the course structure, fulfills all the attendance and academic requirements for 196 credits,
‘earn all 196 credits’ by securing SGPA 5.0 (in each semester) and CGPA (at the end of each successive semester) 5.0 to successfully complete the under graduate programme.
7.4 After securing the necessary 196 credits as specified for the successful completion of the entire under graduate programme, the student can avail exemption of two subjects up to 6 credits, that is, two open elective subjects for optional drop out from these 196 credits earned; resulting in 190 credits for under graduate programme performance evaluation, i.e., the performance of the student in these 190 credits shall alone be taken into account for the calculation of ‘the final CGPA (at the end of under graduate programme, which takes the SGPA of the IV year II semester into account), and shall be indicated in the
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grade card of IV year II semester. However, the performance of student in the earlier individual semesters, with the corresponding SGPA and CGPA for which grade cards have already been given will not be altered.
7.5 If a student registers for some more ‘extra subjects’ other than those listed subjects totaling to 196 credits as specified in the course structure, the performances in those
‘extra subjects’ (although evaluated and graded using the same procedure as that of the required 196 credits) will not be taken into account while calculating the SGPA and CGPA. For such ‘extra subjects’ registered, % of marks and letter grade alone will be indicated in the grade card as a performance measure, subject to completion of the attendance and academic requirements as stated in regulations 6 and 7.1 – 7.4 above.
7.6 A student eligible to appear in the end semester examination for any subject/ course, but absent from it or failed (thereby failing to secure ‘C’ grade or above) may reappear for that subject/ course in the supplementary examination as and when conducted. In such cases, CIE assessed earlier for that subject/ course will be carried over, and added to the marks to be obtained in the SEE supplementary examination for evaluating performance in that subject.
7.7 A student detained in a semester due to shortage of attendance, may be re-admitted when the same semester is offered in the next academic year for fulfillment of academic requirements. The academic regulations under which student has been readmitted shall be applicable. However, no grade allotments or SGPA/ CGPA calculations will be done for the entire semester in which student has been detained.
7.8 A student detained due to lack of credits, shall be promoted to the next academic year only after acquiring the required academic credits. The academic regulations under which student has been readmitted shall be applicable to him.
Note: (1) The SGPA will be computed and printed on the marks memo only if the candidate passes in all the subjects offered and gets minimum B grade in all the subjects.
(2) CGPA is calculated only when the candidate passes in all the subjects offered in all the semesters.
8.0 Evaluation - Distribution and Weightage of marks
8.1 The performance of a student in every subject/course (including practicals and UG major project) will be evaluated for 100 marks each, with 25 marks allotted for CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and 75 marks for SEE (Semester End-Examination).
8.2 For theory subjects, during a semester, there shall be two mid-term examinations. Each mid-term examination consists of one objective paper, one descriptive paper and one assignment. The objective paper and the essay paper shall be for 10 marks each with a total duration of 1 hour 20 minutes (20 minutes for objective and 60 minutes for essay paper). The objective paper is set with 20 bits of multiple choice, fill-in the blanks and matching type of questions for a total of 10 marks. The essay paper shall contain 4 full
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questions out of which, the student has to answer 2 questions, each carrying 5 marks.
While the first mid-term examination shall be conducted on 50% of the syllabus, the second mid-term examination shall be conducted on the remaining 50% of the syllabus.
Five marks are allocated for assignments (as specified by the subject teacher concerned).
The first assignment should be submitted before the conduct of the first mid-examination, and the second assignment should be submitted before the conduct of the second mid- examination. The total marks secured by the student in each mid-term examination are evaluated for 25 marks, and the average of the two mid-term examinations shall be taken as the final marks secured by each student in internals/sessionals. If any student is absent from any subject of a mid-term examination, an on-line test will be conducted for him by the university. The details of the question paper pattern are as follows,
The end semester examinations will be conducted for 75 marks consisting of two parts viz. i) Part- A for 25 marks, ii) Part - B for 50 marks.
Part-A is compulsory question which consists of ten sub-questions. The first five sub-questions are from each unit and carry 2 marks each. The next five sub- questions are one from each unit and carry 3 marks each.
Part-B consists of five questions (numbered from 2 to 6) carrying 10 marks each.
Each of these questions is from one unit and may contain sub-questions. For each question there will be an “either” “or” choice, which means that there will be two questions from each unit and the student should answer either of the two questions.
8.3 For practical subjects there shall be a continuous internal evaluation during the semester for 25 sessional marks and 75 semester end examination marks. Out of the 25 marks for internal evaluation, day-to-day work in the laboratory shall be evaluated for 15 marks and internal practical examination shall be evaluated for 10 marks conducted by the laboratory teacher concerned. The semester end examination shall be conducted with an external examiner and the laboratory teacher. The external examiner shall be appointed from the clusters of colleges which are decided by the examination branch of the university.
8.4 There shall be an Industrial Training in IV year I semester. For the Industrial Training, the student shall be required to work for at least 150 hours spread over four weeks in a Pharmaceutical Industry/Hospital. It includes Production unit, Quality Control department, Quality Assurance department, Analytical laboratory, Chemical manufacturing unit, Pharmaceutical R&D, Hospital (Clinical Pharmacy), Clinical Research Organization, Community Pharmacy, etc. After the IV year I semester and before the commencement of IV year II semester, the student shall submit satisfactory report of the work and certificate duly signed by the authority of training organization to the head of the institute.
8.5 Practice School: In the IV year I semester, every candidate shall undergo a practice school for a period of 150 hours evenly distributed throughout the semester. The student
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shall opt any one of the domains for practice school declared by the departmental committee from time to time. At the end of the practice school, every student shall submit a printed report (in triplicate) on the practice school he/she attended (not more than 25 pages). The report shall be submitted to the departmental committee consisting of Head of the Institution, Head of the Department and a senior faculty member. The practice school report shall be evaluated for 100 marks and grade point shall be awarded.
8.6 Out of a total of 100 marks for the UG major project, 25 marks shall be allotted for internal evaluation and 75 marks for the end semester examination (viva voce). The end semester examination of the project work shall be conducted by a committee consisting of external examiner, Head of the Department, supervisor of the project and a senior faculty member. The evaluation of UG major project shall be made at the end of IV year II semester. The internal evaluation shall be on the basis of two seminars given by each student on the topic of UG major project.
8.7 The laboratory marks and the sessional marks awarded by the college are subject to scrutiny and scaling by the university wherever necessary. In such cases, the sessional and laboratory marks awarded by the college will be referred to a committee. The committee will arrive at a scaling factor and the marks will be scaled accordingly. The recommendations of the committee are final and binding. The laboratory records and internal test papers shall be preserved in the respective institutions as per the university rules and produced before the committees of the university as and when asked for.
8.8 For mandatory courses environmental science, human values and professional ethics, gender sensitization lab and Industrial Training a student has to secure 40 marks out of 100 marks (i.e. 40% of the marks allotted) in the continuous internal evaluation for passing the subject/course.
8.9 For mandatory courses NCC/ NSO and NSS, a ‘satisfactory participation certificate’ shall be issued to the student from the authorities concerned, only after securing 65%
attendance in such a course.
8.10 No marks or letter grade shall be allotted for all mandatory/non-credit courses.
9.0 Grading procedure
9.1 Marks will be awarded to indicate the performance of student in each theory subject, laboratory / practicals and UG major project. Based on the percentage of marks obtained (Continuous Internal Evaluation plus Semester End Examination, both taken together) as specified in item 8 above, a corresponding letter grade shall be given.
9.2 As a measure of the performance of student, a 10-point absolute grading system using the following letter grades (as per UGC/AICTE guidelines) and corresponding percentage of marks shall be followed:
% of Marks Secured in a Subject/Course (Class Intervals)
Letter Grade
(UGC Guidelines) Grade Points Greater than or equal to 90% O (Outstanding) 10
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80 and less than 90% A+ (Excellent) 9
70 and less than 80% A (Very Good) 8
60 and less than 70% B+ (Good) 7
50 and less than 60% B (Average) 6
40 and less than 50% C (Pass) 5
Below 40% F (FAIL) 0
Absent Ab 0
9.3 A student obtaining ‘F’ grade in any subject shall be deemed to have ‘failed’ and is required to reappear as a ‘supplementary student’ in the semester end examination, as and when offered. In such cases, internal marks in those subjects will remain the same as those obtained earlier.
9.4 A student who has not appeared for examination in any subject, ‘Ab’ grade will be allocated in that subject, and student shall be considered ‘failed’. Student will be required to reappear as a ‘supplementary student’ in the semester end examination, as and when offered.
9.5 A letter grade does not indicate any specific percentage of marks secured by the student, but it indicates only the range of percentage of marks.
9.6 A student earns grade point (GP) in each subject/ course, on the basis of the letter grade secured in that subject/ course. The corresponding ‘credit points’ (CP) are computed by multiplying the grade point with credits for that particular subject/ course.
Credit points (CP) = grade point (GP) x credits …. For a course 9.7 The student passes the subject/ course only when GP 5 (‘C’ grade or above)
9.8 The semester grade point average (SGPA) is calculated by dividing the sum of credit points (CP) secured from all subjects/ courses registered in a semester, by the total number of credits registered during that semester. SGPA is rounded off to two decimal places. SGPA is thus computed as
SGPA = { } / { } …. For each semester,
where ‘i’ is the subject indicator index (takes into account all subjects in a semester), ‘N’
is the no. of subjects ‘registered’ for the semester (as specifically required and listed under the course structure of the parent department), is the no. of credits allotted to the ith subject, and represents the grade points (GP) corresponding to the letter grade awarded for that ith subject.
9.9 The cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is a measure of the overall cumulative performance of a student in all semesters considered for registration. The CGPA is the ratio of the total credit points secured by a student in all registered courses in all semesters, and the total number of credits registered in all the semesters. CGPA is rounded off to two decimal places. CGPA is thus computed from the I year II semester onwards at the end of each semester as per the formula
CGPA = { } / { } … for all S semesters registered
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(i.e., up to and inclusive of S semesters, S 2),
where ‘M’ is the total no. of subjects the student has ‘registered’ i.e., from the 1st semester onwards up to and inclusive of the 8th semester, ‘j’ is the subject indicator index (takes into account all subjects from 1 to 8 semesters), is the no. of credits allotted to the jth subject, and represents the grade points (GP) corresponding to the letter grade awarded for that jth subject. After registration and completion of first year first semester, the SGPA of that semester itself may be taken as the CGPA, as there are no cumulative effects.
Illustration of calculation of SGPA
Illustration of calculation of CGPA
Course/Subject Credits Letter Grade Grade Points Credit Points I Year I Semester
Course 1 4 A 8 4 x 8 = 32
Course 2 4 A+ 9 4 x 9 = 36
Course 3 4 B 6 4 x 6 = 24
Course 4 3 O 10 3 x 10 = 30
Course 5 3 B+ 7 3 x 7 = 21
Course 6 3 A 8 3 x 8 = 24
I Year II Semester
Course 7 4 B+ 7 4 x 7 = 28
Course 8 4 O 10 4 x 10 = 40
Course 9 4 A 8 4 x 8 = 32
Course 10 3 B 6 3 x 6 = 18
Course 11 3 C 5 3 x 5 = 15
Course 12 3 A+ 9 3 x 9 = 27
Total
Credits = 42
Total Credit Points = 327 CGPA = 327/42 = 7.79
Course/Subject Credits Letter Grade Grade Points Credit Points
Course 1 4 A 8 4 x 8 = 32
Course 2 4 O 10 4 x 10 = 40
Course 3 4 C 5 4 x 5 = 20
Course 4 3 B 6 3 x 6 = 18
Course 5 3 A+ 9 3 x 9 = 27
Course 6 3 C 5 3 x 5 = 15
Total Credits
= 21 Total Credit
Points = 152 SGPA = 152/21 = 7.24
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9.10 For merit ranking or comparison purposes or any other listing, only the ‘rounded off’
values of the CGPAs will be used.
9.11 For calculations listed in regulations 9.6 to 9.9, performance in failed subjects/ courses (securing F grade) will also be taken into account, and the credits of such subjects/
courses will also be included in the multiplications and summations. After passing the failed subject(s) newly secured letter grades will be taken into account for calculation of SGPA and CGPA. However, mandatory courses will not be taken into consideration.
10.0 Passing standards
10.1 A student shall be declared successful or ‘passed’ in a semester, if student secures a GP≥5 (‘C’ grade or above) in every subject/course in that semester (i.e. when student gets an SGPA 5.00 at the end of that particular semester); and a student shall be declared successful or ‘passed’ in the entire under graduate programme, only when gets a CGPA5.00 for the award of the degree as required.
10.2 After the completion of each semester, a grade card or grade sheet (or transcript) shall be issued to all the registered students of that semester, indicating the letter grades and credits earned. It will show the details of the courses registered (course code, title, no. of credits, and grade earned etc.), credits earned, SGPA, and CGPA.
11.0 Declaration of results
11.1 Computation of SGPA and CGPA are done using the procedure listed in 9.6 to 9.9.
11.2 For final percentage of marks equivalent to the computed final CGPA, the following formula may be used.
% of Marks = (final CGPA – 0.5) x 10 12.0 Award of degree
12.1 A student who registers for all the specified subjects/ courses as listed in the course structure and secures the required number of 196 credits (with CGPA 5.0), within 8 academic years from the date of commencement of the first academic year, shall be declared to have ‘qualified’ for the award of the B.Pharm. degree.
12.2 A student who qualifies for the award of the degree as listed in item 12.1 shall be placed in the following classes.
12.3 Students with final CGPA (at the end of the under graduate programme) 8.00, and fulfilling the following conditions -
(i) Should have passed all the subjects/courses in ‘first appearance’ within the first 4 academic years (or 8 sequential semesters) from the date of commencement of first year first semester.
(ii) Should have secured a CGPA 8.00, at the end of each of the 8 sequential semesters, starting from first year first semester onwards.
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(iii) Should not have been detained or prevented from writing the end semester examinations in any semester due to shortage of attendance or any other reason, shall be placed in ‘first class with distinction’.
12.4 Students with final CGPA (at the end of the under graduate programme) 6.50 but <
8.00, shall be placed in ‘first class’.
12.5 Students with final CGPA (at the end of the under graduate programme) 5.50 but <
6.50, shall be placed in ‘second class’.
12.6 All other students who qualify for the award of the degree (as per item 12.1), with final CGPA (at the end of the under graduate programme) 5.00 but < 5.50, shall be placed in
‘pass class’.
12.7 A student with final CGPA (at the end of the under graduate programme) < 5.00 will not be eligible for the award of the degree.
12.8 Students fulfilling the conditions listed under item 12.3 alone will be eligible for award of
‘university rank’ and ‘gold medal’.
13.0 Withholding of results
13.1 If the student has not paid the fees to the university/ college at any stage, or has dues pending due to any reason whatsoever, or if any case of indiscipline is pending, the result of the student may be withheld, and student will not be allowed to go into the next higher semester. The award or issue of the degree may also be withheld in such cases.
14.0 Transitory regulations
A. For students detained due to shortage of attendance:
1. A Student who has been detained in I year of R09/R13/R15/R16 Regulations due to lack of attendance, shall be permitted to join I year I Semester of R17 Regulations and he is required to complete the study of B. Pharmacy programme within the stipulated period of eight academic years from the date of first admission in I Year.
2. A student who has been detained in any semester of II, III and IV years of R09/R13/R15/
R16 regulations for want of attendance, shall be permitted to join the corresponding semester of R17 regulations and is required to complete the study of B. Pharmacy within the stipulated period of eight academic years from the date of first admission in I Year.
The R17 Academic Regulations under which a student has been readmitted shall be applicable to that student from that semester.
See rule (C) for further Transitory Regulations.
B. For students detained due to shortage of credits:
3. A student of R09/R13/R15/R16 Regulations who has been detained due to lack of credits, shall be promoted to the next semester of R17 Regulations only after acquiring the required credits as per the corresponding regulations of his/her first admission. The student is required to complete the study of B. Pharmacy within the stipulated period of
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eight academic years from the year of first admission. The R17 Academic Regulations are applicable to a student from the year of readmission onwards.
See rule (C) for further Transitory Regulations.
C. For readmitted students in R17 Regulations:
4. A student who has failed in any subject under any regulation has to pass those subjects in the same regulations.
5. The maximum credits that a student acquires for the award of degree, shall be the sum of the total number of credits secured in all the regulations of his/her study including R17 Regulations. The performance evaluation of the student will be done after the exemption of two subjects if total credits acquired are ≤ 206, three subjects if total credits acquired are > 206 (see R17 Regulations for exemption details).
6. If a student readmitted to R17 Regulations, has any subject with 80% of syllabus common with his/her previous regulations, that particular subject in R17 Regulations will be substituted by another subject to be suggested by the University.
Note: If a student readmitted to R17 Regulations, has not studied any subjects/topics in his/her earlier regulations of study which is prerequisite for further subjects in R17 Regulations, the College Principals concerned shall conduct remedial classes to cover those subjects/topics for the benefit of the students.
15.0 Student transfers
15.1 There shall be no branch transfers after the completion of admission process.
15.2 There shall be no transfers from one college/stream to another within the constituent colleges and units of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad.
15.3 The students seeking transfer to colleges affiliated to JNTUH from various other Universities/institutions have to pass the failed subjects which are equivalent to the subjects of JNTUH, and also pass the subjects of JNTUH which the students have not studied at the earlier institution. Further, though the students have passed some of the subjects at the earlier institutions, if the same subjects are prescribed in different semesters of JNTUH, the students have to study those subjects in JNTUH in spite of the fact that those subjects are repeated.
15.4 The transferred students from other Universities/institutions to JNTUH affiliated colleges who are on rolls to be provide one chance to write the CBT (internal marks) in the failed subjects and/or subjects not studied as per the clearance letter issued by the university.
15.5 The autonomous affiliated colleges have to provide one chance to write the internal examinations in the failed subjects and/or subjects not studied, to the students transferred from other universities/institutions to JNTUH autonomous affiliated colleges who are on rolls, as per the clearance (equivalence) letter issued by the University.
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16.1 The academic regulations should be read as a whole, for the purpose of any interpretation.
16.2 In case of any doubt or ambiguity in the interpretation of the above rules, the decision of the Vice-Chancellor is final.
16.3 The university may change or amend the academic regulations, course structure or syllabi at any time, and the changes or amendments made shall be applicable to all students with effect from the date notified by the university authorities.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
(Established by Act No. 30 of 2008) Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Telangana (India).
Academic Regulations for B.Pharm. (Lateral Entry Scheme) w.e.f the AY 2018-19
1. Eligibility for award of B. Pharm. Degree (LES)
The LES students after securing admission shall pursue a course of study for not less than three academic years and not more than six academic years.
2. The student shall register for 147 credits and secure 147 credits with CGPA ≥ 5 from II year to IV year B.Pharm. programme (LES) for the award of B.Pharm. degree. Out of the 147 credits secured, the student can avail exemption up to 6 credits, that is, two open elective subjects resulting in 141 credits for B.Pharm programme performance evaluation.
3. The students, who fail to fulfil the requirement for the award of the degree in six academic years from the year of admission, shall forfeit their seat in B.Pharm.
4. The attendance requirements of B. Pharm. (Regular) shall be applicable to B.Pharm.
(LES).
5. Promotion rule
S. No Promotion Conditions to be fulfilled
1 Second year first semester to second year second semester
Regular course of study of second year first semester.
2 Second year second semester to third year first semester
(i) Regular course of study of second year second semester.
(ii) Must have secured at least 29 credits out of 48 credits i.e., 60% of credits up
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to second year second semester from all the relevant regular and supplementary examinations, whether the student takes those examinations or not.
3 Third year first semester to third year second semester
Regular course of study of third year first semester.
4 Third year second semester to fourth year first semester
(i) Regular course of study of third year second semester.
(ii) Must have secured at least 58 credits out of 96 credits i.e., 60% of credits up to third year second semester from all the relevant regular and supplementary examinations, whether the student takes those examinations or not.
5 Fourth year first semester to fourth year second semester
Regular course of study of fourth year first semester.
6. All the other regulations as applicable to B. Pharm. 4-year degree course (Regular) will hold good for B. Pharm. (Lateral Entry Scheme).
MALPRACTICES RULES
DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR / IMPROPER CONDUCT IN EXAMINATIONS Nature of Malpractice/Improper
conduct Punishment
If the student:
1. (a)
Possesses or keeps accessible in examination hall, any paper, note book, programmable calculators, cell phones, pager, palm computers or any other form of material concerned with or related to the subject of the examination (theory or practical) in which student is appearing but has not made use of (material shall include any marks on the body of the student which can be used as an aid in the subject of the examination)
Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of the performance in that subject only.
(b) Gives assistance or guidance or receives it from any other student orally or by any other body language methods or
Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of the performance in that subject only of all the students involved. In case of an
16 communicates through cell phones with any student or persons in or outside the exam hall in respect of any matter.
outsider, he will be handed over to the police and a case is registered against him.
2.
Has copied in the examination hall from any paper, book, programmable calculators, palm computers or any other form of material relevant to the subject of the examination (theory or practical) in which the student is appearing.
Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of the performance in that subject and all other subjects the student has already appeared including practical examinations and UG major project and shall not be permitted to appear for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that semester/year.
The hall ticket of the student is to be cancelled and sent to the university.
3. Impersonates any other student in connection with the examination.
The student who has impersonated shall be expelled from examination hall. The student is also debarred and forfeits the seat. The performance of the original student who has been impersonated, shall be cancelled in all the subjects of the examination (including practicals and UG major project) already appeared and shall not be allowed to appear for examinations of the remaining subjects of that semester/year. The student is also debarred for two consecutive semesters from class work and all university examinations. The continuation of the course by the student is subject to the academic regulations in connection with forfeiture of seat. If the imposter is an outsider, he will be handed over to the police and a case is registered against him.
4.
Smuggles in the answer book or additional sheet or takes out or arranges to send out the question paper during the examination or answer book or additional sheet, during or after the examination.
Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of performance in that subject and all the other subjects the student has already appeared including practical examinations and UG major project and shall not be permitted for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that semester/year. The student is also debarred for two consecutive semesters from class work and all university examinations. The continuation of the course by the student is subject to the academic regulations in connection with forfeiture of seat.
5.
Uses objectionable, abusive or offensive language in the answer paper or in letters to the examiners or writes to the examiner requesting him to award pass marks.
Cancellation of the performance in that subject.
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Refuses to obey the orders of the chief superintendent/assistant – superintendent / any officer on duty or misbehaves or creates disturbance of any kind in and around the examination hall or organizes a walk out or instigates others to walk out, or threatens the officer-in charge or any person on duty in or outside the examination hall of any injury to his person or to any of his relations whether by words, either spoken or written or by signs or by visible representation, assaults the officer-in-charge, or any person on duty in or outside the examination hall or any of his relations, or indulges in any other act of misconduct or mischief which result in damage to or destruction of property in the examination hall or any part of the college campus or engages in any other act which in the opinion of the officer on duty amounts to use of unfair means or misconduct or has the tendency to disrupt the orderly conduct of the examination.
In case of students of the college, they shall be expelled from examination halls and cancellation of their performance in that subject and all other subjects the student(s) has (have) already appeared and shall not be permitted to appear for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that semester/year. The students also are debarred and forfeit their seats. In case of outsiders, they will be handed over to the police and a police case is registered against them.
7.
Leaves the exam hall taking away answer script or intentionally tears of the script or any part thereof inside or outside the examination hall.
Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of performance in that subject and all the other subjects the student has already appeared including practical examinations and UG major project and shall not be permitted for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that semester/year. The student is also debarred for two consecutive semesters from class work and all university examinations. The continuation of the course by the student is subject to the academic regulations in connection with forfeiture of seat.
8.
Possess any lethal weapon or firearm in the examination hall.
Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of the performance in that subject and all other subjects the student has already appeared including practical examinations and UG major project and shall not be permitted for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that semester/year. The student is also debarred and forfeits the seat.
9. If student of the college, who is not a student for the particular examination or
Student of the colleges expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of the
18 any person not connected with the college indulges in any malpractice or improper conduct mentioned in clause 6 to 8.
performance in that subject and all other subjects the student has already appeared including practical examinations and UG major project and shall not be permitted for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that semester/year. The student is also debarred and forfeits the seat.
Person(s) who do not belong to the college will be handed over to police and, a police case will be registered against them.
10. Comes in a drunken condition to the examination hall.
Expulsion from the examination hall and cancellation of the performance in that subject and all other subjects the student has already appeared including practical examinations and UG major project and shall not be permitted for the remaining examinations of the subjects of that semester/year.
11.
Copying detected on the basis of internal evidence, such as, during valuation or during special scrutiny.
Cancellation of the performance in that subject and all other subjects the student has appeared including practical examinations and UG major project of that semester/year examinations.
12.
If any malpractice is detected which is not covered in the above clauses 1 to 11 shall be reported to the university for further action to award suitable punishment.
Malpractices identified by squad or special invigilators 1. Punishments to the students as per the above guidelines.
2. Punishment for institutions : (if the squad reports that the college is also involved in encouraging malpractices)
a. A show cause notice shall be issued to the college.
b. Impose a suitable fine on the college.
c. Shifting the examination centre from the college to another college for a specific period of not less than one year.
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